Palliative small bowel surgery in patients with history of malignancy

International Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 42-46

  Abbas, Saleh M ^a   Merrie, A E ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; INTESTINE SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MELANOMA; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 33646407285     PISSN: 18119727     EISSN: 18119735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijcr.2006.42.46     Document Type: Review

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